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Installation and Upgrade Checklist Report for InfoScale Foundation 8.0, AIX 7.1, POWER
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Components for InfoScale

The InfoScale product you selected contains the following component(s).
  • Dynamic Multi-Pathing
  • Storage Foundation Basic
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System requirements

Required number of CPUs: 1
Required memory: 1 GB
Required disk space:
    Partitions Minimum space required Maximum space required Recommended space
    /opt 616 MB 901 MB 654 MB
    /root 323 MB 358 MB 323 MB
    /usr 20 MB 344 MB 20 MB
Supported architectures:
  • Power10 series
  • Power7 series
  • Power7+ series
  • Power8 series
  • Power9 series
  • PowerPC 970MP series
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Product features

The features in the list are enabled in this release.
FeatureInfoScale Foundation
1-256 TB File System
ALUA and Generic ALUA Array Support
Data management application programming interface (DMAPI)
Deployment of InfoScale through CPI integration with CHEF automation platform
Deployment simplification : Ansible support
Device names consistent across cluster nodes
Dynamic Multi-pathing
Fault tolerant file system
File Change Log
File system migration from EXT4 to VxFS
File system snapshots
Hot-relocation
Keyless licensing
Licensing simplification: SLIC Migration
Mount lock
Named data streams
Online file system defragmentation
Online file system grow & shrink
Online relay out
Online volume grow & shrink
Partitioned directories
Public-Sector Compliance: IPv6 InfoScale Stack-Wide Support
Puppet support
Quick I/O (QIO) and Cached QIO (CQIO)
S3 cloud file level tiering
Site awareness with remote mirrors
SmartMove
SmartTier (formerly Dynamic Storage Tiering)
Space-optimized instant snapshot
Support upto 16TB file size on AIX
Thin storage reclamation
Thin storage reclamation using UNMAP
Third-party components upgrade ensuring security
  
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Patches for InfoScale Foundation and Platform

Product (recommended)
Patch Date Size
cpi-Patch-8.0.0.1600 2023-11-27 81.26 KB
Platform (required)
No patches required.
  
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End of Support Life information

Last updated on 2024-04-19.  Refer to EOSL page for more information about support.
Release Date(GA)Extended Support StartsSustaining Support StartsEnd of Support Life Date(EOSL)
2021-12-132025-12-132027-12-13-
  
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Platform configuration

Supported platform version. Last updated on 2021-12-13
    Product versionPlatform version
    8.0TL5
Required platform packages:
  • bos.net.nfs.client
  • xlC.aix61.rte 11.1.0.1
  • devices.common.IBM.fc.hba-api
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Host bus adapter (HBA) parameters and switch parameters

Unless otherwise stated, the specified Veritas product supports all HBAs (except iSCSI HBAs) and fibre channel switches supported by the platform and storage array manufacturers listed in the hardware compatibility list (HCL).

  
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Operations Manager

Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager gives you a single, centralized management console for the InfoScale products. You can use it to monitor, visualize, and manage storage and cluster resources, and generate reports about these components in the Management Server domain.It can also help administrators centrally manage diverse data center environments. This section lists the documents for Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 8.0.2.
Documentation